Carissa Moore added yet another title to her prodigious career by winning the Gidget Pro women's contest today.
The final day of the contest was run in wave-face heights that ranged from 10 to 18 feet at Sunset Beach.

Moore, who is 17 and a senior at Punahou School, topped a field that featured all of the world's best female surfers.

She clinched the four-woman final by carving across a big wave late in the heat. She received a score of 7.57 for the wave, which came with around 11 minutes remaining in the 35-minute heat.

Moore's two-wave total of 14.24 was enough to win the $12,000 first-place check.

The Gidget Pro is part of the ASP Women's World Tour. Moore will not become an official member of the tour until next year.

She had to qualify for the Gidget Pro by winning a separate trials heat.
Sally Fitzgibbons of Australia placed second, Stephanie Gilmore of Australia was third, and Alana Blanchard of Kaua'i was fourth.

Gilmore was able to clinch the 2009 ASP women's world championship with her third-place finish. It is her third consecutive world title.

The Gidget Pro is the second event in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing for women. Blanchard, who won the first event at Hale'iwa Ali'i Beach last week, is the leader in the Triple Crown standings.

The men's O'Neill World Cup of Surfing completed its first round prior to the completion of the women's contest.

Wai'anae's Sunny Garcia was the standout of the men's heats, receiving a two-wave score of 15.0, including a near-perfect wave of 9.5 (out of 10).

Other Hawai'i surfers advancing to the second round yesterday were Mason Ho, T.J. Barron, Myles Padaca, Dustin Cuizon, Nathan Carroll, Granger Larsen, Solomon Ortiz and Dylan Melamed.

The O'Neill World Cup of Surfing still requires three more days of comeptition to determine a champion. The contest could continue tomorrow if conditions are favorable.

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